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I'd assume Rite of Spring is for teams currently in the playoffs and to talk about the playoffs, while this is for the non-playoff teams and to talk about their summer plans (i.e. expiring contracts and such) and the draft. Once the Cup Final is over, then I'd presume this would become the offseason thread for the entire NHL.

I'd assume Rite of Spring is for teams currently in the playoffs and to talk about the playoffs, while this is for the non-playoff teams and to talk about their summer plans (i.e. expiring contracts and such) and the draft. Once the Cup Final is over, then I'd presume this would become the offseason thread for the entire NHL.

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I will probably break something if we lose the draft lottery and go on a mad man conspiracy rant about how the NHL office hates Columbus. Just a heads up.

I hope you guys win. Really don't want to see the Oilers picking first for a third straight season.

And if this means anything. The only time the worst team didn't pick first since the lockout was Philadelphia in 2007. I still don't know how the Flyers were the worst team in the league. Hawks ended up picking Patrick Kane, maybe a bit of foreshadowing to 2010.

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Winnipeg could really use an impact player out of the top five. I wonder what it would take for them to creep up the list. Montreal might not see itself as a rebuilding team (and I can't blame them; their superior-to-Florida scoring differential suggests horrible luck). Anaheim never sees itself as rebuilding in earnest and with the departure of the Coyotes could see themselves assuming that position as the league's home for guys in their thirties who don't want to play under pressure. Toronto can be explored for idiotic trade purposes as long as Brian Burke is in charge, and the sweetest plum of Columbus is right there if they still want to save themselves from having to draft a Russian (this would require winning the lottery and moving to 5th in the draft, though, I'm sure).

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Anaheim will not be picking Morgan Rielly. I am 1,000,000% sure of it. We already have Fowler, Visnovsky, Vatanen, and Schultz, we won't be picking another offensive Defenseman. If we're picking Dmen, it's Trouba, Dumba, or Reinhart.

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Anaheim will not be picking Morgan Rielly. I am 1,000,000% sure of it. We already have Fowler, Visnovsky, Vatanen, and Schultz, we won't be picking another offensive Defenseman. If we're picking Dmen, it's Trouba, Dumba, or Reinhart.

Well that's if Schultz signs. But yeah, I do agree. It was probably a best available. I would kill for Rielly though.

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I've probably said it already, but if there's anything I really want the Ducks to do this offseason, it's to prepare icy cold buckets of water with Ryan, Perry, Getzlaf and Hillers' names on them. The team keeps emphasizing "strong starts" and failing to live up to that, so this is the only solution I can think of

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Well from what I can take away from Jay Feaster's press conference is that the Flames have no plans to rebuild, and don't just want to finish 7th or 8th next year, but become a legit contender.

Not sure what it'll take, but I'm sick of this force fed positive attitude. I get that again this season was a failure, but saying that you don't want to be doing this same press conference 365 days from now, pretty much means you want the Playoffs, which is great. Just hope you can do something that can make that a realistic possibility Feaster.

Also I guess Feaster said we had the best fans, sorry Leafs nation That's the job of every Canadian team's General Manager.